All patients recognized to have plumbism warrant immediate environmental intervention.
Pediatric plumbism was rarely diagnosed, however, the victims of this ‘silent epidemic’ going to their graves as cases of meningitis, polio, or convulsions.
Occult lead poisoning is a difficult diagnosis to make in a primary care setting because the symptoms of plumbism are nonspecific.
On his admission to our hospital, a suspicion of plumbism was formed.
Definition of plumbism in US English:
plumbism
nounˈpləmˌbɪzəmˈpləmˌbizəm
technical term for lead poisoning
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Pediatric plumbism was rarely diagnosed, however, the victims of this ‘silent epidemic’ going to their graves as cases of meningitis, polio, or convulsions.
On his admission to our hospital, a suspicion of plumbism was formed.
Occult lead poisoning is a difficult diagnosis to make in a primary care setting because the symptoms of plumbism are nonspecific.
All patients recognized to have plumbism warrant immediate environmental intervention.